Six general authorities were released from full-time service and other
changes among Area Authority Seventies and the general Young Men presidency
were also announced Saturday during the 173rd Semiannual General Conference
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Three members of the First Quorum of Seventy  Elder Angel Abrea,
Elder William R. Bradford and Elder Cree-L Kofford  were granted
emeritus status and released from full-time church service.

Also released were three members from the Second Quorum of the Seventy
 Elder Duane B. Gerrard, Elder J. Kent Jolley and Elder D. Lee
Tobler.

In the Young Men General Presidency, Glenn L. Pace, first counselor, and
Spencer J. Condie, second counselor, were both released. They had served
since October 2001. Elder Lynn G. Robbins was named as the new first
counselor, with Elder Donald L. Hallstrom called to serve as second
counselor. Elder F. Melvin Hammond was retained as president.

Elder Abrea, now on emeritus status, was sustained to the First Quorum
of the Seventy in 1981; Elder Kofford was called to the Second Quorum of
Seventy in 1991 and Elder Gerrard had been a member of the Second Quorum
since 1997.

Elder Jolly was sustained to the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1997,
and Elder Tobler followed him into the same quorum in1998. Elder Bradford
had been a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy since 1975.